*Live Webcast* Vision for RIO+20: System Change for Green Economy and Poverty Reduction

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Vision for RIO+20:
System Change for Green Economy and Poverty Reduction

(Live Webcast)

Date: Friday, 6 May 2011
Time: 1.15-2.30pm (EST)
Venue: UNU Video Portal

http://videoportal.unu.edu/

This seminar will show how changes in price structure and sustainable
infrastructure can lead to poverty reduction in a green economy. The
speaker argues that the transition towards a low carbon green growth
can be realized without a fundamental restructuring of the price
structure, by internalizing ecological prices through environmental
taxes and environmental fiscal reform. The two core features of
environmental fiscal reforms, revenue neutrality and double dividend,
are powerful tools for changing the price structure while stimulating
economic growth.

In terms of sustainable infrastructure, the speaker makes a case for
developing countries to promote sustainable infrastructure through
urban planning and design, green buildings and making the switch from
private transportation to public transportation modes so that they are
not locked into unsustainable consumption and production patterns.

The seminar is part of the UNU Midday Forum Series, which offers an
intimate and informal platform of discussion for the UN permanent
missions, the UN Secretariat, UN agencies, academia, NGOs and the
private sector to exchange ideas on important topics related to the
UN.

Speakers
Rae Kwon Chung, Director, Environment and Development Division,
UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Moderator
Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nations University Office in New
York